Piracy - is it a dirty word?

[Lycanthrope]

I guess we should all just pirate away then, since it's getting old and all that. Maybe if we ignore something long enough (because it got stale) it will go away?

So we all hope we'll be sitting around a table, having tea, in 10 years time saying "Ah piracy, that old chestnut! *giggle giggle*" ?

Riiight..

I'm quite sure you've read my stance. Feel free to read through the nine threads I linked to.

The irony here is that you don't quite seem to understand what constituted "piracy" (read: copyright infringement). Buy second-hand games? Well done, you've just done the equivalent of piracy. Make use of a library? Well done, you've just committed another socially-acceptable copyright infringement. Lend or borrow games? You guessed it, copyright infringement.

I've done this argument to death already and I've argued both sides of the spectrum yet I remain in defence of piracy.

It's a stale topic because it's like arguing religion. If you're under its self-righteous brimstone and fire spell (either 100% for or 100% against) you're too blind to see the opposing sides. I've said before, it's a grey area and it is my personal conclusion that it does more good than bad.

Or, to translate into how you're interpreting this, "Blah blah blah, I support piracy, I'm a thief, blah blah blah, I should be in prison, blah blah blah, fined a fortune, blah blah blah."

Oh, and if you really feel like judging me, let me know when you feel like comparing game or book collections and see who supports developers and publishers more in the long-run, mmkay?

Actually, no, I take that back. That would just be lowering myself to the equivalent a cock-measuring contest and petty argument while ignoring the reality which, I'm guessing, is exactly what you types want